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Bellingham to Mount Hood

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DynastarriderGP
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What's the best way to get from Bellingham to Mount Hood during the summer, we'd be flying in and we're too young to rent a car.... any advice? the cheaper the better
May 9 2007 10:12PM
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Schoening
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maybe train?? why are you flying to bellingham to get to mt hood?
May 9 2007 10:36PM
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SnowRidgeParks
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i think it may be the closest place to fly in to on the airline he wants to use/the cheapest way to get from the east coast to the west coast...
May 9 2007 11:08PM
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R.Fahey
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I think there is a Bellingham in Oregon? Fly to Portland and hitch a ride with a camp bus.
May 9 2007 11:10PM
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j.bird
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Well I live in bellingham, Wa, so I'm assuming you are talking about that. It's a straight drive down I-5 to the portland, then about an hour or 2 to hood. probabaly 5 hours total.

There is an airport in bellingham that does small connector flights too.

Also the train and bus stations have lines running directly to portland. Your main issue is going from portland to hood.
May 9 2007 11:14PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Bus to Portland, or take the train. After that, you'll have to find a bus that goes to Hood... good luck.
May 9 2007 11:26PM
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ride-rider
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go with a train. probly take a day maybe 2. their cheap, and fun to ride!
May 9 2007 11:30PM
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spere
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bellingham is in northern washington, near seattle. there is no bellingham in oregon (unless its some random small town with no airport
May 10 2007 1:38AM
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d.spong
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fly to portland
May 10 2007 1:43AM
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skier_boy26
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if youre already set going in to bellingham, then take the train to portland (and trust me, take the train and not the bus. Amtrak cascades is usually a super chill train ride). then you can use various forms of transport to get to hood. i know there is a bus that goes from portland to bend via hood, so theres always that option (and there are others). or just get out to gresham and stick the thumb out
May 10 2007 3:26AM
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spere
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yea the train is pretty quick and relatively cheap
May 10 2007 3:44AM
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ESB
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The train, Greyhound, or even better: Craigslist or Newschoolers.
May 10 2007 4:10AM
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Ryanvdonk
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go to whistler, it's closer to b-ham.
May 10 2007 4:17AM
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SeanK
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go by taxi
May 10 2007 9:50AM
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skibum193
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offer sexual favors to someone who lives in govy....cough (chris) cough. he likes little boys. but its an hour and a half to seattle, then 5 hours from there (by car, srtate down i5)
May 10 2007 1:42PM
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Wibby
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unless you know somebody in Bellingham or have some specific reason to fly into BLI. If you are going to hood, there really is no reason to fly into Bellingham. Bellingham is a pretty small airport. Fly into Seattle or better yet fly into Portland that is in the same state as Hood.

Although if you are not just going to Hood, Bellingham is a great college town that is an hour from Summer Hiking at Baker and 2.5hrs from Glacier skiing at Whistler.

May 10 2007 2:24PM
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DynastarriderGP
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we are flying into bellingham because the flights are extremely cheap
May 10 2007 2:29PM
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slopestyle4331
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its like a half an hour away from seattle
May 10 2007 3:57PM
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Schoening
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haha nottt realllyyy
May 10 2007 4:47PM
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fappy
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no. not when you have to go through the gridlock shithole that is everett
May 10 2007 5:28PM
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prophet
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try not to be driving anything... or even be near a road in Seattle from... 2:30-7:30. Seattle being everything from Marysville to Olympia.
May 10 2007 5:35PM
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DynastarriderGP
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why? heavy traffic?
May 10 2007 6:20PM
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mtbakerteacher
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Depending on what week you are going, I could give you a ride since I'm headed down there anyways after I get from from France.
May 10 2007 6:25PM
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espong1321
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for sure
May 10 2007 6:38PM
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mtbakerteacher
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but if hes going to camp, its also more expensive
May 10 2007 6:50PM
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prophet
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yes. and in everett people slow down and back up everything to marysville for overpass construction that usually isnt even happening and presents no risk
May 10 2007 7:54PM
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MALONE
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fly to portland
May 10 2007 8:05PM
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Casey
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i think the trains like 40 bucks to p-town. me and some buddies were looking into amtrackin it down from seattle to portland, I don't know if there's a train from bellingham though, probly a ton of greyhound bus shit though.
May 10 2007 8:22PM
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prophet
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the trains super chill... can be slow, but not a ton of people ride so you get plenty of space to stretch out... seats are big, theres movies and food... cascade trains pretty rad.
May 10 2007 8:48PM
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DynastarriderGP
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no.... i can get uber cheap plane tickets to bellingham like  i already said..... damn you malone
May 10 2007 10:21PM
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SnowRidgeParks
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looks like amtrack is 60 bucks roundtrip from bellingham to portland, not too bad, does anyone know if there are any stations closer to hood than portland?
May 10 2007 10:33PM
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SnowRidgeParks
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i'll answer my own question there, no stations closer to hood, it's a wonder what you can find yourself when you just look for it... train to portland, bus to hood i imagine
May 10 2007 10:49PM
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Elijah.
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Jea Bellingham!
Why are you flying here though?
May 10 2007 11:36PM
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ry.will
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fly to portland.
May 11 2007 1:14AM
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Schoening
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you may be getting cheap tickets to bellingham but i bet you flying to portland then getting to govy will be cheaper then flying to bellingham then trying to get to govy
May 11 2007 1:29AM
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k-k-kyle
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theres a shuttle from the p-town airport to windells. and you could hitchhike from there. people here are friendly. youl get a ride.
May 11 2007 1:40AM
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skier_boy26
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im assuming skybus? If so, thats super duper cheap, so things like trains and shuttles will not offset the cost.
May 11 2007 1:42AM
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DynastarriderGP
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$200 round trip that's what i'm dealing with
May 11 2007 8:09AM
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MALONE
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I bet you could find that to portland
May 11 2007 8:15PM
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bp.lando
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thats no a fantastic deal, Southwest flys to portland use that to your advantage
May 11 2007 8:25PM
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